金属间化合物
烧结
锚固
材料科学
合金
硫黄
化学工程
膜
电极
无机化学
冶金
化学
物理化学
生物化学
结构工程
工程类
作者
Xiao-Qun Xie,Tao Shen,Yi Zhang,Di‐Ye Wei,Guan-Nan Xing,Weichao Bao,Lin Sun,Qingchi Xu,Qing-Na Zheng,Jing‐Hua Tian,Hua Zhang,Jian‐Feng Li
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.108
摘要
Intermetallic compounds are emerging as promising oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for fuel cells due to their typically higher activity and durability compared to disordered alloys. However, the preparation of intermetallic catalysts often requires high-temperature annealing, which unfortunately leads to adverse sintering of the metal nanoparticles. Herein, we develop a scalable site-selective sulfur anchoring strategy that effectively suppresses alloy sintering, ensuring the formation of efficient intermetallic electrocatalysts with small sizes and high ordering degrees. The alloy-support interactions are precisely modulated by selectively modifying the alloy-support interfaces with oxidized sulfur species, thus simultaneously blocking both the nanoparticle migration and Oswald ripening pathways for sintering. Using this strategy, sub-5 nm PtCo intermetallic electrocatalysts enclosed by two atomic layers of Pt shells have been successfully prepared even at a metal loading higher than 30 wt%. The intermetallic catalysts exhibit excellent ORR performances in both rotating disk electrode and membrane electrode assembly conditions with a mass activity of 1.28 A mgPt-1 at 0.9 V (vs. RHE) and a power density of 1.0 W cm-2 at a current density of 1.5 A cm-2. The improved performances result from the enhanced Pt-Co electronic interactions and compressive surface strain generated by the highly ordering structure, while the atomic Pt shells prevent the dissolution of Co under highly acidic conditions. This work provides new insights to inhibit the sintering of nanoalloys and would promote the scalable synthesis and applications of platinum-based intermetallic catalysts.
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